Onta Ware Flowing Glaze Vase - 15 cm / 小鹿田焼 花瓶 79662 ■ Hand-made In Seto

■ Hand-made In Seto

Crafted from solid cast iron

Kumiko(組子) work is one of the traditional Japanese techniques of assembling small pieces of wood

and bubbles within the glass

rarely appearing in exhibitions or interviews

Onta Ware Flowing Glaze Vase - 15 cm / 小鹿田焼 花瓶 79662 ■ Hand-made In SetoTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.